Main entry:

Richard, Frances (Frances M.), author.

Title & Author:

Gordon Matta-Clark : physical poetics / Frances Richard.

Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
©2019

Description:

525 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : confusion guided by a clear sense of purpose; or, 'a comet, which would have its tail in front' -- Total (semiotic) system : reading Gordon Matta-Clark -- Anarchitecture as poetic device : Gordon Matta-Clark and the Soho conversation -- A silent force : the legacies of Matta and Duchamp -- Spacism : Gordon Matta-Clark and the political -- Conclusion : within absurdity there is a fantastic freedom.
Dust jacket.
Includes reproductions of CCA collection material.
CCA mentioned in acknowledgments.

Summary:

"This book examines wordplay in the art and thought of American artist Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978). Blending close reading, reception history, and critical biography, this study looks at linguistic and semiotic forms in Matta-Clark's sculptures, performances, films, photographs, and drawings, forms that activate what the artist called the 'poetics of psycho-locus' and 'total (semiotic) system.' Looking at notes, statements, titles, letters, and interviews, Frances Richard appraises the paradoxical durability of Matta-Clark's language, and its role in an aggressively physical oeuvre whose major works have been destroyed"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780520299092 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0520299094 hardcover ; alkaline paper

Subject:

Matta-Clark, Gordon, 1943-1978 Criticism and interpretation.
Matta-Clark, Gordon, 1943-1978.
Matta-Clark, Gordon 1943-1978
Artists New York (State) New York 20th century.
Art, Modern 20th century.
Artistes New York (État) New York 20e siècle.
Art 20e siècle.
Art, Modern.
Artists.
Semiotics and art.
New York (State) New York.
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection
Centre canadien d'architecture Mentions, acknowledgments, etc.

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 304401
Call No.: BIB 249969
Status: Available